Contesting Real Estate Taxes Sample Clauses

Contesting Real Estate Taxes. Landlord will have the right to employ a tax consulting firm to attempt to assure a fair tax burden on the Project. The reasonable and actual cost of such service shall be included in the Real Estate Taxes hereunder in the year same were incurred or paid, at Landlord’s election. Additionally, during any such period, Landlord shall have the option, in its reasonable judgment, to contest any tax assessment, valuation or levy against the Project, and to retain legal counsel and expert witnesses to assist in such contest and otherwise to incur expenses in such contest, and any reasonable and actual fees, expenses and costs incurred by Landlord in contesting any assessments, levies or tax rate applicable to the Project, whether or not such contest is successful, shall be included in Real Estate Taxes as set forth above. If Landlord contests the Real Estate Taxes for any calendar year and such contest results in an increase in Real Estate Taxes for such calendar year, then, Landlord shall have the right to xxxx Tenant for any prior underpayments of Tenant’s Share of Operating Expenses thereby resulting. If Landlord receives a refund of any portion of the Real Estate Taxes that were included in the Real Estate Taxes paid by Tenant, then Landlord, within thirty (30) days after receipt, shall reimburse Tenant for Tenant’s Share of the refunded taxes, less any reasonable and actual expenses that Landlord reasonably incurred to obtain the refund (including without limitation, appraisal fees, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, and fees and expenses of Landlord’s managing agent), if and to the extent not previously paid as part of Operating Expenses.
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Contesting Real Estate Taxes. Landlord will have the right to employ a tax consulting firm to attempt to assure a fair tax burden on the Project, provided Landlord will use reasonable efforts to minimize the cost of such service. The reasonable cost of such service shall be included in the Real Estate Taxes hereunder in the year same were incurred or paid, at Landlord’s election. Additionally, during any such period, Landlord shall have the right, in its reasonable judgment, to contest any tax assessment, valuation or levy against the Project, and to retain legal counsel and expert witnesses to assist in such contest and otherwise to incur expenses in such contest, and any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by Landlord in contesting any assessments, levies or tax rate applicable to the Project, whether or not such contest is successful, shall be included in Real Estate Taxes as set forth above.
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Contesting Real Estate Taxes. Landlord will have the right to employ a tax consulting firm to attempt to assure a fair tax burden on the Project, provided Landlord will use reasonable efforts to minimize the cost of such service. The reasonable cost of such service shall be included in the Real Estate Taxes hereunder in the year same were incurred or paid, at Landlord’s election, but only to the extent of the annual reduction in Real Estate Taxes achieved. Additionally, during any such period, Landlord shall have the right, in its reasonable judgment, to contest any tax assessment, valuation or levy against the Project, and to retain legal counsel and expert witnesses to assist in such contest and otherwise to incur expenses in such contest, and any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by Landlord in contesting any assessments, levies or tax rate applicable to the Project shall be included in Real Estate Taxes as set forth above.
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Contesting Real Estate Taxes. Landlord will have the right to employ a tax consulting firm to attempt to assure a fair tax burden on the Project. The cost of such service shall be included in the Real Estate Taxes hereunder in the year same were incurred or paid, at Landlord’s election. Additionally, during any such period, Landlord shall have the option, in its reasonable judgment, to contest any tax assessment, valuation or levy against the Project, and to retain legal counsel and expert witnesses to assist in such contest and otherwise to incur expenses in such contest, and any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by Landlord in contesting any assessments, levies or tax rate applicable to the Project, whether or not such contest is successful, shall be included in Real Estate Taxes as set forth above.
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Contesting Real Estate Taxes. Landlord will have the right to employ a tax consulting firm to attempt to assure a fair tax burden on the Project, provided Landlord will use reasonable efforts to minimize the cost of such service. The reasonable cost of such service shall be included in the Real Estate Taxes hereunder in the year same were incurred or paid, at Landlord's election. Additionally, during any such period, Landlord shall have the right, in its reasonable judgment, to contest any tax assessment, valuation or levy against the Project, and to retain legal counsel and expert witnesses to assist in such contest and otherwise to incur expenses in such contest, and any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by Landlord in contesting any assessments, levies or tax rate applicable to the Project, whether or not such contest is successful, shall be included in Real Estate Taxes as set forth above. In the event Landlord is successful in obtaining a reduction in any Real Estate Taxes due for periods of time within the Term, provided any such reduction or credit is obtained during the Term, Tenant shall share in the benefit of such reduction (net of all costs, expenses and fees incurred by Landlord in pursuing and obtaining such reduction) by applying Tenant's pro rata share of such reduction or credit (to the extent the amount thereof was paid to Landlord in a timely fashion pursuant to the terms of this Lease) to Tenant's Share of Tax Increases next coming due.
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Contesting Real Estate Taxes. During the Lease Term, Landlord may, at its sole cost, elect to contest the amount or validity of any Real Estate Tax, with the applicable taxing authority. There shall be no adjustment of Base Rent if Real Estate Taxes are adjusted as a result of such contest.
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Contesting Real Estate Taxes. Tenant waives the right to, and agrees not to, contest any real estate taxes or special assessments. Landlord agrees to contest real estate taxes and any special assessments whenever it concludes that doing so is reasonably likely to reduce the taxes or special assessments by materially more than the cost of the contest.
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Related to Contesting Real Estate Taxes

  • Real Estate Taxes Borrower shall pay and discharge, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, as and when due and payable, before any penalty attaches, all charges, impositions, levies, assessments and taxes (whether general, special or otherwise), water charges, sewer service charges and all other municipal or governmental charges, impositions, levies, assessments and taxes of any kind or nature that may be at any time levied, assessed or imposed upon or against any real property owned in fee by any Subsidiary or in which any Subsidiary has a leasehold interest (but only to the extent Borrower or any Subsidiary is required to pay such taxes in accordance with the terms of the lease), and shall promptly deliver to Collateral Agent upon Collateral Agent’s request therefor, duplicate receipts evidencing payment thereof prior to delinquency. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Borrower may contest any tax imposed, assessed, levied or due with respect to or from said real property, by instituting and diligently and in good faith prosecuting by appropriate judicial proceedings the validity or amount of a tax, charge, imposition or assessment (said tax, charge, imposition or assessment being hereinafter referred to in this Section as “impositions”) if (i) the contest or decision relating thereto will not and cannot result in the forfeiture of said real property or the Subsidiary’s leasehold interest therein prior to or pending resolution of such contest and the invalidity, forfeiture, loss of priority or unenforceability of Collateral Agent’s mortgage lien on said real property or the Subsidiary’s leasehold interest therein will not and cannot result from such contest or failure to pay such impositions, (ii) no Event of Default shall exist hereunder, and (iii) prior to commencement and during the duration of such proceeding, Borrower shall maintain adequate reserves on account of the failure to pay such imposition and/or the contest of the amount and/or validity thereof in accordance with GAAP. Upon resolution of such contest, Borrower shall promptly pay the impositions then due. If, at any time during the continuance of the contest described in the preceding sentence, said real property or the Subsidiary’s leasehold interest therein is, in Collateral Agent’s reasonable determination, in imminent danger of being forfeited, lost or rendered invalid or unenforceable, then, in any of said events, Borrower shall, at Collateral Agent’s demand, use the aforesaid reserve to pay such impositions and if such reserve is insufficient to pay in full the required payment, Borrower promptly shall pay the amount of such insufficiency.

  • Real Estate Taxes and Assessments Subject to Section 4(c) below, Tenant shall pay all Real Estate Taxes (as hereinafter defined) levied, assessed, accruing, or imposed from and after the Commencement Date, which shall become due and payable during the Term with respect to the Property. If any such Real Estate Taxes may, at the option of the taxpayer, be paid in installments, Tenant may exercise the option to pay the same in installments; provided Tenant pays all costs and charges related to such installment payment method. All Real Estate Taxes that shall be assessed with respect to a taxable year or period beginning on or before and ending after the Commencement Date or beginning on or before and ending after the Termination Date shall be apportioned pro rata between Landlord and Tenant on a per diem basis in accordance with the respective number of days in such taxable year or period during which this Lease is in effect. “Real Estate Taxes” shall mean the ad valorem real estate taxes levied against the Property (and the improvements and fixtures located thereon), betterment assessments, special benefit taxes and special assessments levied or imposed against the Property, taxes levied or assessed on gross rentals payable by Tenant to the extent charged, assessed or imposed upon tenants in general which are based upon the rents payable under this Lease, any impact fees levied or assessed, whether or not billed by the taxing authority as a special benefit tax or a special assessment, all taxes levied or assessed on the Property that are in addition to or in lieu of taxes that are currently so assessed, and penalties and interest related to Real Estate Taxes if the applicable Real Estate Tax bills have been forwarded to Tenant in a timely manner; provided, however, that Real Estate Taxes shall not include any Excluded Taxes. “Excluded Taxes” shall mean, without limitation, Landlord’s income taxes, gift taxes, excess profit taxes, excise taxes, franchise taxes, estate, succession, inheritance and realty transfer taxes resulting from the transfer of any direct or indirect interest in the Property by Landlord unless such taxes replace Real Estate Taxes in the future (except as expressly set forth in the last sentence of this Section 4(a)), and any interest or penalty charges resulting solely from Landlord’s failure to promptly deliver the Real Estate Tax bills to Tenant if the applicable taxing authority has forwarded the tax xxxx to Landlord rather than Tenant. All special benefit taxes and special assessments shall be amortized over the longest time permitted under ordinance and Tenant’s liability for installments of such special benefit taxes and special assessments not yet due shall be paid in full prior to the expiration or termination of this Lease; provided, that the useful life of any such improvements do not extend beyond the expiration of the Term. Tenant shall also pay, directly to the applicable Governmental Authority (as hereinafter defined), any storm water charges, fees and taxes and use and occupancy tax in connection with the Property or any improvements thereon (or in the event Landlord is required by law to collect such tax, Tenant shall pay such use and occupancy tax to Landlord as Rent within thirty (30) days of written demand and Landlord shall remit any amounts so paid to Landlord to the appropriate Governmental Authority in a timely fashion) and deliver evidence of such payment to Tenant within ten (10) days of making such payment or within ten (10) days of receipt of Tenant’s request for such evidence of payment.

  • REAL ESTATE TAXES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND PRORATIONS (a) Because the Entire Property (of which the Property is a part) is subject to a triple net lease (as further set forth in paragraph 11(a)(i), the parties acknowledge that there shall be no need for a real estate tax proration. However, Seller represents that to the best of its knowledge, all real estate taxes and installments of special assessments due and payable in all years prior to the year of Closing have been paid in full. Unpaid real estate taxes and unpaid levied and pending special assessments existing on the date of Closing shall be the responsibility of Buyer and Seller in proportion to their respective Tenant in Common interests, pro-rated, however, to the date of closing for the period prior to closing, which shall be the responsibility of Seller if Tenant shall not pay the same. Seller and Buyer shall likewise pay all taxes due and payable in the year after Closing and any unpaid installments of special assessments payable therewith and thereafter, if such unpaid levied and pending special assessments and real estate taxes are not paid by any tenant of the Entire Property. (b) All income and all operating expenses from the Entire Property shall be prorated between the parties and adjusted by them as of the date of Closing. Seller shall be entitled to all income earned and shall be responsible for all expenses incurred prior to the date of Closing, and Buyer shall be entitled to its proportionate share of all income earned and shall be responsible for its proportionate share of all operating expenses of the Entire Property incurred on and after the date of closing.

  • Real Estate Taxes and Special Assessments The 2022 calendar year real estate taxes due and payable in 2023 shall be paid by Seller. Seller shall credit Buyer(s) at closing for said 2022 real estate taxes payable in 2023 based on the most recent ascertainable tax figures. Xxxxx is responsible for all subsequent real estate taxes.

  • Real Property Taxes For purposes of this Lease, "Real Property Taxes" shall consist of all real estate taxes, leasehold excise taxes and all other taxes relating to the Building, the Common Areas and/or the Project, as applicable, all other taxes which may be levied in lieu of real estate taxes, all assessments, local improvement districts, assessment bonds, levies, fees and other governmental charges, including, but not limited to, charges for traffic facilities and improvements, water service studies, and improvements or amounts necessary to be expended because of governmental orders, whether general or special, ordinary or extraordinary, unforeseen as well as foreseen, of any kind and nature for public improvements, services, benefits, or any other purpose, which are assessed, levied, confirmed, imposed or become a lien upon the Building or any portion of the Project, the Property and/or the Common Areas, or become payable during the Term (or which become payable after the expiration or earlier termination hereof and are attributable in whole or in part to any period during the Term hereof), together with all costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in successfully contesting, resisting or appealing any such taxes, rates, duties, levies or assessments, "Real Property Taxes" shall exclude any franchise, estate, inheritance or succession transfer tax of Landlord, or any federal or state income, profits or revenue tax or charge upon the net income of Landlord from all sources; provided, however, that if at any time during the Term there is levied or assessed against Landlord a federal, state or local tax or excise tax on rent, or any other tax however described on account of rent or gross receipts or any portion thereof, Tenant shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the Tenant's Share of any said tax or excise applicable to Tenant's Rent as Additional Rent. Together with each payment of Rent to Landlord commencing and prorated as of the Commencement Date through the balance of the Term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord one-twelfth (1/12th) of the prior calendar year’s real property taxes and assessments with respect to the Premises and one-twelfth (1/12th) of the then current calendar’s year’s association assessments and fees (if any) with respect to the Premises each month. Subject to such payment, Landlord shall pay such taxes, assessments and fees to the respective taxing authority and office association. In addition, Tenant shall pay all personal property taxes with respect to any property of Tenant or any subtenant in or upon the Premises prior to delinquency and directly to the respective taxing authority on or before the last day upon which the same may be paid without interest or penalty, and Tenant shall deliver to Landlord reasonable documentation evidencing Tenant’s compliance with the foregoing payment obligations.

  • Property Taxes Landlord shall pay, prior to delinquency, all general real estate taxes and installments of special assessments coming due during the Lease term on the Leased Premises, and all personal property taxes with respect to Landlord's personal property, if any, on the Leased Premises. Tenant shall be responsible for paying all personal property taxes with respect to Tenant's personal property at the Leased Premises.

  • Ad Valorem Taxes Prior to delinquency, Tenant shall pay all taxes and assessments levied upon trade fixtures, alterations, additions, improvements, inventories and personal property located and/or installed on or in the Premises by, or on behalf of, Tenant; and if requested by Landlord, Tenant shall promptly deliver to Landlord copies of receipts for payment of all such taxes and assessments. To the extent any such taxes are not separately assessed or billed to Tenant, Tenant shall pay the amount thereof as invoiced by Landlord.

  • Tax Expenses Tenant shall pay to Landlord Tenant’s Share of all Tax Expenses applicable to the Project. Prior to delinquency, Tenant shall pay any and all taxes and assessments levied upon Tenant’s Property (defined below in Section 10) located or installed in or about the Premises by, or on behalf of Tenant. To the extent any such taxes or assessments are not separately assessed or billed to Tenant, then Tenant shall pay the amount thereof as invoiced by Landlord. Tenant shall also reimburse and pay Landlord, as Additional Rent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, one hundred percent (100%) of (i) any increase in real property taxes attributable to any and all Alterations (defined below in Section 10), Tenant Improvements, fixtures, equipment or other improvements of any kind whatsoever placed in, on or about the Premises for the benefit of, at the request of, or by Tenant, and (ii) taxes and assessments levied or assessed upon or with respect to the possession, operation, use or occupancy by Tenant of the Premises or any other portion of the Project. “Tax Expenses” means, without limitation, any form of tax and assessment (general, special, supplemental, ordinary or extraordinary), commercial rental tax, payments under any improvement bond or bonds, license fees, license tax, business license fee, rental tax, transaction tax or levy imposed by any authority having the direct or indirect power of tax (including any governmental, school, agricultural, lighting or other improvement district) as against any legal or equitable interest of Landlord in the Premises, Project or Park or any other tax, fee, or excise, however described, including, but not limited to, any tax resulting from the recordation of any parcel or subdivision map with respect to the Park and/or any tax imposed in substitution (partially or totally) of any tax previously included within the definition of Tax Expenses. “Tax Expenses” shall not include (a) any franchise, estate, inheritance, net income, or excess profits tax imposed upon Landlord, (b) any penalty or fee imposed solely as a result of Landlord’s failure to pay Tax Expenses when due, and (c) any items included as Operating Expenses. In the event that a parcel or subdivision map with respect to the Park or a portion of the Park is recorded by Landlord, Tenant’s Share of Tax Expenses shall be commensurately revised to reflect any increases or decreases that may result from the impact of such parcel or subdivision map.

  • Mortgage Taxes Borrower shall pay all taxes, charges, filing, registration and recording fees, excises and levies payable with respect to the Note or the Liens created or secured by the Loan Documents, other than income, franchise and doing business taxes imposed on Lender.

  • Taxes and Governmental Charges The Borrower has filed all tax returns and reports required to be filed and has paid all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied upon them or upon their respective property or income which are due and payable, including interest and penalties, or have provided adequate reserves for the payment thereof.

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